JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Three Zimbabwean exiles chained themselves to a statue of anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela in South Africa on Tuesday, saying they wanted "freedom" for their homeland on the eve of elections there.Full story

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A 49-year-old worker was shot dead at the weekend near Lonmin's Marikana mine in South Africa, stirring worries of new labor tension in the troubled platinum mining belt which has been racked by a violent union dispute over the last year. Full story

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A man suspected of being South Africa's worst known serial rapist has been found dead in his prison cell hours before he was to go trial on charges that included sexually assaulting 34 children, prosecutors said on Thursday. Full story

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 18: Children from the Vukazenele Higher Primary School in the Mofolo North Neighborhood of Soweto sing songs in honor of former South African President Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday during a nationwide call to sing Happy Birthday at 8 a.m. in all South African Sch